Separation, concentration, and identification of aspirin and salicylic acid

Separation and purification, concentration and identification of substances are indispensable steps in lab- and industrial scale chemical synthesis. Since these work-up procedures are often more time consuming, and thus more costly, than the reaction itself, they are true bottlenecks, for example in the pursuit of new drugs. Furthermore, due to the many and repetitive steps, post reaction operations are sources of errors and sample confusion.